Crimson and black cloth bound book of 350 pages. Formerly part of the South Street Young Men's General Debating Society's Circulating Library.non-fictionmoney, south street, south street debating society, south street young men's general debating society circulating library, bookplate, j.s. charles, john p. charles, library, barter, currency, metals as money, coining, coins, standards, exchange, promissory notes, paper currency, credit documents, foreign bills of exchange, bank of england, corn rents, legal tender

Letter, dated February 17, 1948 from Robert Pagel of the Midwest Extraction Co. Rockford, Ill. To Mr. Frank A. Stevenson. He would like more information on the Scalebuoys and is interested in obtaining two units, a tap unit and a vest pocket unit. He also mentions Dr. Abbotts book and the difficulty of obtaining a price with the variation in foreign exchange. He would also like to know about household units as the water in his country is hard.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, midwest extraction co, frank a stevenson, dr abbott, robert pagel

This set of nine photographs of Royal Australian Survey Corps commissioned officers was taken at the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment circa 1957 to 1963. The officers were most likely attending a Biannual Planning Conference, to plan and coordinate the activities of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. The conferences were chaired by the Director of the Survey Corps and were attended by representatives from all elements of the Corps. Photo 9191.4P has been previously published. Refer to Item 6022.6P.This is a set of nine photographs of RASvy Officers at the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment, Fortuna Villa, Bendigo. The photographs are on negative film and were scanned at 600 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) - Photo, black & white c1957. Back row – L to R: unidentified (x5), CAPT Don Ridge, unidentified (x4), CAPT Bill Sprenger MBE MID, CAPT Harvey Hall MID, unidentified, CAPT Bill Howarth. Front row L to R: CAPT Beryl Perry, MAJ Frank Buckland OBE MID, MAJ Tim Tyler, unidentified, LTCOL Don Macdonald MID, DSVY-A COL Lawrence FitzGerald OBE, CO LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood MID, MAJ WB Relf, unidentified, MAJ John Hillier. .2) - Photo, black & white c1959. Fortuna’s Ballroom during an Officers Mess Formal Dinner. L to R: DSVY-A COL Lawrence FitzGerald OBE, unidentified steward, LTCOL Don Macdonald MID – at head of table, unidentified, LT Peter Bates-Brownsword, MAJ Bill Howarth, unidentified (x4), CAPT Harvey Hall MID, remainder unidentified. .3) - Photo, black & white c1959. Fortuna’s Ballroom during an Officers Mess Formal Dinner. Members and guests critique CAPT Beryl Perry’s carpet bowls delivery, LTCOL Don Macdonald MID is 3rd from right. .4) & .5) - Photo, black & white 1963. Back row – L to R: unidentified Philippines officer, LT Merv Marks, LT Jorge Gruszka, LT Bill Greer, CAPT Peter Constantine AM, LT Freddy High, MAJ Brian Dalton. Front row – L to R: CAPT Carol Castor, MAJ NRJ Hillier, MAJ Bill Howarth, CO LTCOL Frank Buckland OBE MID, DSVY-A COL Don Macdonald MID, GEN Miller – US Director Mapping, MAJ John Nolan, MAJ Eddy Anderson MBE, unknown UK Exchange Officer. .6) - Photo, black & white 1963. 2IC MAJ John Nolan invites visiting GEN Miller – US Director Mapping (at left) to sign the Officers Mess Visitors Book CO LTCOL Frank Buckland OBE MID is on MAJ Nolan’s right. .7) - Photo, black & white 1963. L to R: unidentified, DSVY-A COL Don Macdonald MID. .8) - Photo, black & white 1963. DSVY-A COL Don Macdonald MID checks for foreign objects underneath the carpet bowl mat in Fortuna’s Ballroom. .9) - Photo, black & white c1959. Fortuna’s Ballroom before the start of an Officers Mess Formal Dinner..1P to .9P – There are no annotationsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, asr, fortuna